Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-18
THE FIRE FIEND.
SWALLOWED UP In The FLAMES.

SWALLOWED UP In The FLAMES.
New York, July 16.-Fire was discov-
cred about three o'clock this morning in
the five story brick building Of the Metro
politan Storage Warehouse, in Thirty
eighth street, between Broadway and Sixth
avenue.
In few moments the flames mounted
up through the structure, finding ready
| food in the light stuff stored therin, and
before the fvemen arrived the whole place
was raging furnace.
| Three alarms were sent out and special
engine companies were summoned from the
neighboring districts The warehouse
formed an L with the Casino building, and
| for q while it was feared that that beautl-
full temple of light opera would be in ashes,
but it was saved by the strenuous effort OF
the tiremen.
EXCITEMENT IN HOTEL.
The Hotel NOrmandie is quite near, and
soon the sparks descending on this build
ing set il on fire and the guests were hur-
riedly summoned to leave. The pOTters
rushed through the halls and knocked at
every door. The guests were told that
there was no immediate danger. They
asked if they would have time to pack
their valuables, and, being answered in
the affirmative, soon packed their trunks
end carried them down stairs. The hre on
the roof of the Hotel NOrmandie was soon
extinguished, however, and the guests,
being treasured, went back to their rooms.
Soon after the firemen had got to work
at the storage warehouse building terrific
explosion occurred, and seven tiremen,
who were at work ON the first floor, were
blown through the windows TO the street.
All of them were very severely burned
about the hands and face, and an ambu-
lance was Immediately sent for. When
the ambulance arrived most of the i'll
jured
FIREMEN WERE UNCONSCIOUS,
and by that time five of them had been
conveyed in patrol wagon No. to the
hospital. The other two were taken to the
hospital in the ambulance.
Following are the names OF the injured
men:
PETER VEDDER, foreman of Engine No.
20; head, face and hands severely burned.
EDWARD CURLEY, head and face burned.
! JOHN CONWAY, face and hands burned.
JOHN TREINGER, face and hands burned.
| JOHN DOUGLAS, face and hands burned.
JAMES DE LACY, fance and hrnds cut.
PATRICK d. BREEN, severely burned.
He was outside the building on a ladder
and was blown down and fell twenty feet.
He sustained a conclusion of the spine.
Several policeman were cut by flying
glass.
| THE LOSS YvER HALF A MILLION.
| The loss, it is thought, will exceed $780,
900. The business was conducted by
Scion Ridabocke and the buildings and
lands are the property Ofthe Goblet estate
The fire was discovered by the watch
man, Angus Mcdonald, who was in the
building at the time and at once sounded
the alarm.
The warehouse was used by New York
ers who are out of town and contained
furniture, paintings and valuable bric-a-
brac of all kinds.
ANOTHER FIRE.
An hour before daybreak, while the
storage warehouse was burning, q fire
broke out at st. Joseph's Asylum, at
Eighty.ninth street and Avenue A. The
main building was soon ablaze and the
colony OF children within were in an mp
roar. The outbreak had occurred i'll the
basement.
Nearly two hundred children, the full
: complement Of the institution, were ASLEEP
within the walls The Sisters in charge
, who throughout the scene. of terror ant
confusion that, followed, struggled will
: great heroism to preserve order and tC
> facilitate the work of rescue, aroused thu
' sleepers promptly and sped them on their
D way to the street.
The thick smoke and unknown terrOr
that beset their way threw them into n
!. panic, however, and the Sisters maintained
their hold upon them with difficulty.
CHILD SEVERELY BURNED.
A police roundsman luckily came to tn,
rescue aud gave valuable assistance in re
moving the little ones. With his aid tn,
= building was soon cleared and the chill
n dren directed to the police station IL
, Eighty eighth street, where they were mar
shalled by the Sisters. None were miss
u ing, but Hubert Butt, a nine year-Old or
a phan, was severely burned in escaping
} His clothes caught fire aud his face and
q limbs were badly scorched.
4 A hook and ladder company reached The
asylum as the last of the children were
: emerging on the street. Shrieks were heard
, from an upper story and three female at
PENDANTS were found to be imprisoned on
, the third floor. They had not dared Il
=, follow the children down stairs. Ladders
were thrown up to the window. and Capt
Jos. Shaw and Police ROuudsman Weise
, carried them down. The girls were Chris
, tina White, Elizabeth Haiueschmake and
: Josephine DrelerbaCh. They
WERE OVERCOME WITH TERROR,
but unimjured. The firemen made short
work of the fire. Ii damaged the building
s., 500. How it broke ont is not known,
A few weeks ago the asylum had fire
scare Some clothing caught fire in the
cupola on the root, and one of the Sisters
had her hand burned in putting it out.
st. JOseph's Asylum is in charge OF the
Sisters of NOtre Dame. 1t supports, edu-
Gates and employs orphans and homeless
and neglected children, especially of Ger
man birth, until the aye Of sixteen years,
when they are set to work to take care OF
themselves.
FATAL ACCIDENT